Dave Chappelle made a surprise cameo at John Mulaney's concert in Columbus on Friday, garnering backlash on social media for what some in the audience claimed were jokes targeting the LGBTQ community.Chappelle, a Yellow Springs native, was a surprise opening for Mulaney's "From Scratch" tour stop at Ohio State's Value City Arena on Friday, according to attendance. According to Variety, participants were instructed to lock up their phones before the show, thus there is no film from the event.
Following the event, many guests resorted to social media to express their displeasure at what they saw to be anti-transgender humor. Mulaney and Chappelle are said to have hugged on stage, according to some reports.
Dave Chappelle's set called 'transphobic' by some at show
Comments about Chappelle’s performance on the show were trending on Twitter over the weekend, with more than 19,200 tweets by Sunday afternoon.
my favorite part of tonight was when dave chappelle ambushed us at the john mulaney show, told a bunch of transphobic jokes, a massive stadium of people laughed, and then john mulaney hugged him at the endNeither comic has spoken out about the show that took place on Friday.Chappelle has been embroiled in a string of recent controversies.
Following complaints over Chappelle's recent Netflix comedy special "The Closer," in which the comic made remarks many deemed transphobic, hundreds of Netflix employees staged a walkout on October 20.
'Too clever,' writes Kenyon Farrow. Dave Chappelle has been taken in by a "old right-wing political device."
He's gotten a lot of flak for defending J.K. Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter," who has long been accused of transphobia.
During the Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival in Los Angeles last month, a 23-year-old man charged on stage and tackled the artist to the ground. The attacker appears to fling himself at Chappelle, knocking him to the ground, according to video posted on the internet.
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